Reef Discussion

[SteveT]

i caught a few very pretty (and fun to watch) stripey prawns at the local waterfront. I am currently preparing my new marine tank for coral etc. put the prawns in so I'd have something to watch while cycling the new tank. Will I need to remove them when I start putting corals in my tank?

 

[potatocouch]

i caught a few very pretty (and fun to watch) stripey prawns at the local waterfront. I am currently preparing my new marine tank for coral etc. put the prawns in so I'd have something to watch while cycling the new tank. Will I need to remove them when I start putting corals in my tank?

Do you reckon they'll survive the cycling stage? If so, I think logically you just have to ID what sort of stripey prawns ... are they coral safe? if so, then personally, there is no harm of leaving them there.

Just my 2 cents :)

 

[somethingfishy76]

pics?

 

[SteveT]

Here's a happy snap. I have around half a dozen of them.

 

[SteveT]

pics?

 

[slin1977]

Oh those are really cool- some have glass shrimp in their tanks with success (introduced as fish food but survived and grew up)but something larger than say an inch and a quarter might prove fatal to a sleeping fish more so if it is a prawn.

 

[slin1977]

Do you reckon they'll survive the cycling stage? If so, I think logically you just have to ID what sort of stripey prawns ... are they coral safe? if so, then personally, there is no harm of leaving them there.

Just my 2 cents :)

prob will survive the cycle!

 

[Agent M]

When you said prawn I was expecting something enormous. :p Its a shrimp, not sure the name of it, and as long as it survives the cycle they are great clean up crew - they will scavenge any uneaten food for you. If a fish dies, they get to work on it asap. Very efficient.

I don't think it will eat your coral but you will be able to see if its doing it. You may also want to select fish that won't see the shrimp as food if you want to keep them long term as well.

 

[Savage Henry]

Yeah, when I read prawn I was thinking of big prawns. Big prawns are true savages and will rip apart small fish.

 

[potatocouch]

Talking about prawns (shrimps) .. my peppermints disappeared ... what could be the issue? Tang is a vegan, Nemo shouldn't like mint .. Anemone? hmm i kinda doubt it ...

 

[Agent M]

Talking about prawns (shrimps) .. my peppermints disappeared ... what could be the issue? Tang is a vegan, Nemo shouldn't like mint .. Anemone? hmm i kinda doubt it ...

Try searching for them at night with a torch as they are nocturnal. Look for a swaying back and forth movement on the underside of a rock, especially in small spaces. You might find they've taken up residence at the back of the tank.

 

[Savage Henry]

Try searching for them at night with a torch as they are nocturnal. Look for a swaying back and forth movement on the underside of a rock, especially in small spaces. You might find they've taken up residence at the back of the tank.

Further to this, get yourself one of those red light torches. Kathmandu has torches that can be used as a red light and I think they are on sale at the moment.

You see heaps more critters at night with the red torch as they don't get scared light they do with the white light.

 

[potatocouch]

The mints used to be out . of course, during feeding time, especially with frozen Mysis ..but they no longer do that which gives me the impression that they're long gone (dead) ...

I'll try what you folks said. thanks!

My apology .. i think i might have hijacked this thread. sorry.

 

[Agent M]

They may be gone. But I have never had outgoing peppermint shrimp like I hear a lot of folks talk about, even when they had no threats in the tank. I thought mine were gone many times but I even went 6 months without seeing the two I had one time and then one day they were out again!

 

[ReeferRob]

Peppermints are food for a lot of critters in the ocean, my Comets LOVE them, lol. A larger prawn will not hesitate to eat a smaller one if it gets caught.

 

[potatocouch]

Peppermints are food for a lot of critters in the ocean, my Comets LOVE them, lol. A larger prawn will not hesitate to eat a smaller one if it gets caught.

I should've cook them myself. I assume they are human-edible?

 

[ReeferRob]

I should've cook them myself. I assume they are human-edible?

Prawns are, you're Australian and you don't do shrimp on the barbie? I R disappoint. :D
It would take a metric shittonne of those little Peppermint shrimp to make a meal, especially for me. ;) I honestly don't think they are for human consumption.

 

[potatocouch]

Prawns are, you're Australian and you don't do shrimp on the barbie? I R disappoint. :D
It would take a metric shittonne of those little Peppermint shrimp to make a meal, especially for me. ;) I honestly don't think they are for human consumption.

There are these so-called schooling shrimps and they are nice to make shrimps fritters ... i kid you not LOL

 

[Agent M]

Wasn't shrimp on the barbie a Paul Hogan advertising campaign in the US or something? We don't even use that phrase here @ReeferRob

 

[ReeferRob]

Outback steakhouse says it all the time. I'll tell you this, you lot better cook a better steak than that place does because their food here in the US is horrible. They do some promotion with shrimp on the barbie from time to time.